doi:10.1093/jpids/piab031.045Escobar Susana María GodoyHerrera Thelma Beatriz VelásquezRosado Roy EnriqueCojulun Alicia ChangToledo Mario Augusto MelgarKlussmann Federico AntillónJournal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Furthermore, cytokine storm and systematic inflammation may be the driving force of life-threatening neurologic conditions seen in severe pediatric COVID-19 such as acute necrotizing encephalopathy, a para-infectious condition most commonly precipitated by viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae family that is cha...
120 With a 100-PFU dose, the challenge virus caused a mild infectious mononucleosis syndrome with virus excretion in seronegative individuals, but it did not affect naturally seropositive individuals.121 Vaccinees were also protected against disease caused by 100 PFU, but about half transiently ...
Myocarditis in children is most often caused by a viral or infectious etiology, with a predominance of parvovirus-19 and human herpesvirus 6 [1]. Other less common causes, including autoimmune, medication-related, hypersensitivity reactions, and toxins are also established (Table2) [1,7]. From ...
In conclusion, this cluster of children with thrombosis and thrombocytopenia during a 3-month period may indicate a postinfectious (adenoviral or streptococcal) VITT-like disorder and provide new insights into the early diagnosis and prompt management of this disease in the pediatric population. We ac...
INFECTIOUS DISEASE Second Session A p r i l 28, 1978, 1 :30 P.M. Gramercy S u i t e A Moderators: Thomas H W e l l e r , George H. McCracken and D a v i d J . Lang 1. 1:30 COMBINED VIROLOGIC-IMMUNOLOGIC ASSAY TO DETECT CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (CMV) INFECTION. S. ...
Rogers Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and Chief of the Division of Infectious Disease at Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.Dr. Shulman is the recipient of the AAP 2011 Award for Lifetime Contribution to Infect...
Scoring of the PRESORS Instruments The PRESORS assesses 12 ObsRO and 13 ClinRO signs that are scored to reflect severity based on recommenda tions by pediatric infectious disease specialists on a continuum from none/not present (0) to severe (3).13 Tables 1 and 2 provides details about...
state of growth activation compared to adults through the effects of growth factors, leading to profound impacts on gene expression and cell and tissue interactions, especially in the context of perturbations due to genetics, acquired somatic mutations, environment, infectious disease, and pharmacologics...
examinations using this advanced modality whenever possible, for a range of clinical settings from being a part of the diagnostic work-up, staging of known or suspected malignant and infectious diseases, to treatment response assessment and planning, off-therapy surveillance, and to restaging at ...